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billpayor
I just started umpiring last year. Last night I was scoring for my son's home game (middle school), as well as operating the scoreboard. I inadvertently scored the last out as the runner batting in 4 hole. In actuality, that runner scored, and the 3rd out was on the runner batting 5th. Between innings the other team scorekeeper came over to compare books and I quickly corrected my book to reflect the added run.
My question is this: If the home book is wrong and the visiting team disputes the score, what is the role of the umpire in this dilemma?
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To keep the coaches (usually the assistants) and the fans away from the two scorekeepers so they can figure out what happened and correct it.
kylehutson
When I've run the scorebook and there is a discrepancy between the two, I've never had a situation where we couldn't work it out. The umpire's role would only be to clarify what happened (did the run
maven
Two possibilities: The scorekeepers work it out. Problem solved, no need for umpire involvement. The scorekeepers cannot work it out. Then we might have to step in. If there is a rule-rel
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